Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
exceedingly: P. and V. σφόδρα, Ar. and V. κάρτα (rare P.); see exceedingly.
in an extraordinary degree: P. θαυμαστῶς, ἀμηχάνως, Ar. and P. ὑπερφυῶς, V. εἰς ὑπερβολήν.
